Marathon Oil Employees Honored at Pin Dinner in Sidney
Marathon Oil Co. employees in the Sidney district were recognized for years of service at a Pin Dinner held at the Sidney Country Club. C. A. Jackson, Marathon treasurer, was the main speaker, with officials from Findlay Ohio and Casper present. Jackson led a tour of a Minuteman Missile site at Sioux Army Depot and visits to local oil properties, admiring western Nebraska’s clear air and horizons.
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Marathon Oil Co
Sidney Country Club
Marathon
Sidney
Findlay
Ohio
Casper
C. A. Jackson
L. A. Lindstrom
Larry Cowell
Ralph Knipe
Rolland McCanne
Herman Brunt
William Gallagher
Prairie fires devastate Cheyenne county losses mount
Prairie fires cause heavy damage across Cheyenne county with hundreds of acres burned and hundreds of tons of hay ruined. Fires near Antelopeville burn for days, South Platte settlers suffer, and Clarke's bridge area fires destroy a stable, hay, presses, and machinery.
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Cheyenne County
Antelopeville
South Platte
North Platte River
Clarke
Billy Welch
Sidney
Rapid City
Deadwood
Billy
Greenwood Td
Call for law to tax sheep imports on Nebraska ranges
A Nebraska resident calls for legislation to tax sheep imported into the state from other ranges. The writer argues large bands of sheep cause damage and shirk taxes, urging the next district representative to enact a law making out of state sheep pay for their impact on ranchers and tax bases.
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Nebraska
Sidney
October Storm Dampens Town Weather and Vandalism
The October storm arrived last Sunday with damp drizzle and a northwest blizzard by Monday. Temperatures stayed mild, sun returned Tuesday, and icicles lingered Wednesday. Residents prepared for thawing potatoes and noted vandalism to saloon signs Friday night. A saddle horse was freed from a ditch on Thursday with help from civil engineers.
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Taft
Kruse’s
Vath
Tobin’s
Flu fears and civic measures in Sidney report
A Sidney notice reports unusually low flu cases amid local restrictions on gatherings. It notes 45 years of keeping events limited, moves by residents Edward Fuhrer and others, and that entertainment troupes suspend work until the epidemic eases. State Superintendent Clemmons reminds that closed schools mean teachers do not receive salary.
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Sidney
Edward Fuhrer
John Owen
Davids
Jones
Charles Mann
Clemmons
Board of Health
Nebraska farmers forecast 21.7 bushel corn yield this year
Bankers report mid month crop outlook for Nebraska projects an average yield of 21.7 bushels per acre and 81 percent merchantable crop. City council votes to halt construction on parkway and West Illinois Street lighting after property owners petition citing traffic and emergency concerns near Taylor hospital.
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Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
West Ilinois Street
14Th Street
Taylor Hospital
11Th
13Th
17Th Street
Automatic stoker installed at courthouse now in use
The new automatic stoker installed at the courthouse last week is operating. It features a large hopper, an augur feeding coal to the furnace bed, and a blower. Sidney is not expected to secure the veterans hospital site in Nebraska, per a letter from Frank T. Hines.
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Court House
Sidney
Veterans Hospital
Nebraska
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Bureau
Community notes from Cheyenne County and Sidney region
The record outlines commodity loan eligibility for AAA cooperators in Cheyenne County on the 1938 corn crop. It notes Western Nebraska sugar beet harvest progress under good weather and city plans to demolish Central School and Tobin Opera House once WPA rolls permit hiring a supervisor within a few weeks.
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Cheyenne
Nebraska
WPA
Roche
Edward Liebendorfer
Potter
American Legion Auxiliary
Parent Teachers Association
PTA
Sidney considers disbanding chamber after year start
The Sidney chamber board may abolish the organization after the new year if members approve. The vote comes amid noted lack of interest and dwindling membership. Separately, George L. Fawcett, 80, died in Buenos Aires leaving 5000 to Memorial Hospital Sidney and 2000 to Miller Memorial Hospital Chappell in his will filed for probate. A cold front with gusts to 63 mph hit western Nebraska, knocking out about 150 Sidney telephones and causing at least one accident as the Nebraska State Wheat Show prepared to open in Sidney’s city auditorium tomorrow, marking the third time the event has been held there.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Hospital
Miller Memorial Hospital
Chappell
Whch
City Auditorium
J. C. Swinbank
Extension Agronomist
Agriculture College
Lincoln
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Clair Hess
Sherrill Drum
Lyle Willey
James Vass
Douglas Stiles
Donald Rezac
Dean Millman
Duane Warren
Jack Fosher
Phyllis , Baird
Jack Bilanscot
Earl Harvey
Daniel Dalene
Ack Willey
Contact Chl CO
Wyo
California
Omaha
G. B. Blakely
Cleveland
Mr. Blakely
J. J. McIntosh
Udge Norvell
Geo
E. Doran
McIntosh
Andy Burg
Kearney
Chas, Trognitz
Ohio Knox
OS Yesta
Sidney Municipal
State Aeronautics Commission
T's
Wheat Belt Electric
SJ Reither
Aitkin
Mannier
Rea
Washington
Frances Willard
U. S
Telegraph
Dewey
Truman
Anegal
Saas
Sidney Federal
Eian Las
Illinois
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank System
van Sickles
Ioem
Tristate Supply
Valiant
Halvorson
Larabee
Statex Co-op
Potter Co-Op Grain CO
Potter, Nebr
Sidney Trade
Sidney Telegraph
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